Information needs of parents, part 2

21/5/07

Returning to the work by Marden and Nicholas, I though that I would list their findings:

Specific topics on which parents needed information
Subject	No of parents	% of parents
Health for the child	32	91
Child care	30	86
Child development	28	80
Schools	24	69
Child behaviour	18	51
Careers, education and training	18	51
Finance	15	43

Source: (Nicholas and Marden, 1998: p.39-40)

It is important to remember that my research is not specifically examining parent’s information needs per se; however, it will be important to be identifying the common questions or information requirements of parents in order to be able to draw comparisons between how parents go about obtaining, assessing and using the information.

The paper used her is:

Nicholas, D. and M. Marden (1998). "Parents and their information needs. A case study: parents of children under the age of five." Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 30(1): 35-47.